Some Insurance Regulators Turn Down White House Invitation

Nov 20, 2013 4:26 pm ET

By Leslie Scism

Not everybody hops when they get an invitation to the White House.

Several state insurance regulators said “thanks but no thanks” to a planned meeting at the White House Wednesday afternoon with an association representing state insurance-department regulators to discuss difficulties carrying out President Barack Obama’s plan to allow a one-year extension of health insurance policies that were canceled because they don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act, people familiar with the matter said.

The regulators—most from states led by Republican governors—balked at attending, given how controversial the president’s health-care overhaul has become. Many states are still struggling to decide whether to support the president’s planned fix, which is aimed at quieting some of the outrage over cancellations of millions of policies that people had bought directly with insurers in past years but now don’t comply with the new health-care law…

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